2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fashion Design (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,470 people earned their degree in fashion design, making the major the 207th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,484 fashion design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 fashion design graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fashion design programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fashion design program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree fashion studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fashion Design (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

#1 in overall quality

$30,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Ithaca, New York, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s fashion studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fashion Design Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Cornell University are $30,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Fashion Design at Cornell University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fashion Design (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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